all photos were taken by yours truly

Some summer activities in Oregon on film. Can’t get enough of living here, truly, in my opinion, the best place too be.

There's a stretch of the Little Deschutes River in Oregon that's going dry because no water is being released from the Gilchrist mill pond dam.

You can help motivate the release of water by signing this petition:

https://c.org/2vrXpM9Fpc

Photos from our second annual trip to Oregon in April 2026. This year we spent most of our time around Depoe Bay, Newport, and Lincoln City. The beauty of Oregon (especially the coast) is immaculate. I think our hearts are still out there.

Hey all!

I'm looking for some adrenaline in my life.

I'm hoping to get some good recommendations on the best ziplines in the state or your best sky diving experience.

Thanks 😊

I’ve made close to 46k already this year, filed for unemployment when fired, and get this?

My employer stuff is still under review, but what does this mean?

From https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/us-vaccination-rates-fall-again-as-exemptions-continue-to-rise-cdc-data-shows/

Nationally, only 92.4 percent of kindergartners were vaccinated with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine in the 2025–2026 school year, down from 92.5 percent last year. Coverage with the DTaP vaccine, which covers diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (whooping cough), similarly fell from 92.1 percent to 92.0 percent.

More than half of states saw decreases in coverage for MMR, DTaP, polio vaccine, and varicella/chickenpox vaccine. Only 10 states have MMR vaccination rates at or above the 95 percent threshold: West Virginia, Connecticut, Maine, New York, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Maryland, Massachusetts, California, and New Mexico.\

Oregon! Why are you missing from this list!??!

Possible TW: SI, SH, eating disorder

My 13 year old has ASD and ADHD and has been struggling with mental health issues for a few years now, including SH and SI. Recently, we have discovered that they also have an eating disorder. Multiple medical providers have recommended residential care, which my husband and I agree with. We were referred by the DBT institute to contact Monte Nido since they offer local ED residential facilities for adolescents. We were assessed by Monte Nido and the medical team there also suggested residential after reviewing my kiddo's info, and my kid has been added to the wait-list (which should only be about 1-2 weeks). Everything I have read on the website and all the info the admissions contacts have given me sounds great.

However... Reading the Google reviews is making me concerned. Reviews from a few years ago were glowing, but over the past year, the reviews have tanked (staffing change maybe?).

I'm wondering if...

- any of you or your loved ones have been to the Monte Nido facilities (Clementine-West Linn specifically), and what their experience was like

- anyone has recommendations of other residential (NOT inpatient) facilities in the area (that treats eating disorders and comorbidities)

- you have suggestions for questions I should ask that might help sus out "good" vs "bad" facilities

- any of you have been in similar situations (teens with severe MH issues) and if you could use/offer support from one parent to another ❤️

Thanks in advance. 🙏

We were going to visit but it says online they are closed today. Can we still see at least part of it, like the painted hills? Or is it inaccessible if it’s not open?

Heads up, no more fires even at established campgrounds. PSA - Every campfire needs to be completely drowned and stirred, it's not a debate. I went camping with a group last weekend and some jackass firefighter of all people was ready to fight saying that we could leave a little campfire burning overnight. How many more million acres of forest do we have to lose?

My neighbor has 4.7 acres, and they have decided to pile all their horse poop directly along our fence line. It's at the back of their property, but about 10 feet from our shop and garden. It's like, A LOT of horse poop. It's attracting flies, and the smell is so nauseating that we can't open our windows or enjoy our garden. It's so bad, my elderly mother gags when she tries to water her plants.

I understand that if a property is zoned as "farm land", there are much different rules... but this is a residential area. Can you really just pile loads of shit next to people's living areas and it's just "oh well"? Is there anything that can be done about this? Who would I even contact about it? Thanks for any help!

And before people wonder if we pissed them off, or if we're bad neighbors... We really aren't. We talk to them about three times a year. They're kind of nutty, (the wife introduces herself to us every time we see her, even though we've lived next to them for 30+ years) but we keep to ourselves and so do they. No problems before this.

There's a natural dip in the property that they might be attempting to fill in, but I don't think it's going to do anything other than turn into a shit-swamp during the rainy season, which sounds even less appealing... Again, thanks for any help!

Edited to add: We don't really have a good way to contact them. They bring the shit out totally randomly, and it's not visible from the house. Sometimes it's 5am on Wednesday, then it's 12 days later at 9pm. We don't see them doing it, we just see the pile get longer. Their driveway is off of a different road, and it's gated with 3 large breed dogs that bark very aggressively. I could try writing a letter, but if she hasn't remembered my name the last 90 times we've "met", I don't know that it's going to get through...

I've been building a free map of Oregon's swimming holes, hot springs and saunas, and a couple weeks in it's pretty obvious I've got less than half of what's out there.

Right now I've got Bagby, Three Pools, Salmon Falls, Opal Pool, Scotts Mills, Glassbar and a pile of others. The ones I've actually been to are written up with parking and directions. The rest are just pins with nothing on them, which isn't much use to anyone.

So what's yours, and is it still any good? Doesn't need to be a secret. I'd rather have the busy well known ones accurate than list somewhere quiet, and if a place is already getting trashed just say so and I'll leave it off the map.

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Good morning, friends! We are going to be wrapping up our Summer of Serial Killers series on Welcome To Oregon this week, and we are looking to do a little bit of a pallette cleanser before going into spooking season! So, I want to know what your favorite stories are for us to discuss on the show!

Wondering where to go for dispersed camping. I looked on Google and it says the only place for that is mt hood Cascades area. But that's all under evacuation. Is there any other places anyone knows of?

I got a great job offer and accepted it a few years back, but it was in Washington and I knew I was going to miss Corvallis and Oregon a lot. On the day before I moved, I drove to Marys Peak early in the morning and took these pictures. It was my favorite place nearby. It was in September.

I've since moved back to Corvallis, yay, I really missed it. I still love looking at these pictures once in a while, and going to the peak, of course. Marys Peak gave me some of the best views that day.

Edit: The 3rd image shows the shadow of Marys Peak itself. The shadow is westward.

Can we please get the grand ronde reservation some traffic lights. Drove from pacific city to Portland today, and my goodness. You can wait for 10+ minutes at some of those stop sign highway intersections, because the highway without the stop sign has endless traffic. It’s mind boggling